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U.S. Life Insurance Ownership At 50-Year Low
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
The poor economy has led Americans to cut corners on their life insurance—at levels not seen in half a century, according to a new study.
 
GAO Warns On Life Settlement Oversight
Friday, 30 July 2010
Federal regulators and lawmakers are fast at work trying to tame life settlements, those tricky products that promise a much higher return over more traditional conservative offerings.

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Part-Time Advisors Are Full-Time Risks
Friday, 25 June 2010
Employing part-time financial advisors often requires a robust compliance program—at a cost that has some companies rethinking their business strategies.
 
Frontline News
June 2010 issue
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Long-Term Health Care's 'Black Hole'
Wednesday, 02 June 2010
The cost of nursing home care can lead to the "impoverished spouse syndrome,” and other relatives can suffer, too, says this advisor.
 
Frontline News
May 2010 issue
Frontline News
 
Affluent Buying More LTC Insurance
Friday, 23 April 2010
The affluent are buying more long-term care insurance, but it's not for themselves. It's for their parents.
 
Executives May Lose Health Care Perks
Thursday, 01 April 2010
Top executives may soon have to cope with the same health-care coverage as their employees or pay on their own for some of the extras their companies used to provide them.
 
Advisors Quell Client Health-Care Fears
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Financial advisors are fielding calls from clients worried about the new health-care bill and what it will cost them.
 
ETFs Buoyed By Health-Care Bill's Passage
Tuesday, 23 March 2010
The passage of health-care overhaul has buoyed shares of exchange-traded funds focused on the sector.
 
Health Overhaul Means Higher Taxes, More Coverage
Monday, 22 March 2010
Taxes for high earners will climb under health-care reform law but so will the opportunities to get coverage for themselves and their children—even those in their 20s.
 
Insurers Show Clout In Advisor Standards Fight
Monday, 22 March 2010
The most vocal opposition to the push to make financial advisors more responsible to clients hasn't come from Wall Street firms or giant banks, but insurance companies.
 
Investment Income Tax Would Help Pay For Health Care
Friday, 19 March 2010
Deeper spending cuts and new taxes are being proposed by Democrats to help foot the bill for health care.
 
Even With Medicare, Health Costs Run High
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Health care is one of the biggest costs advisors need to help clients plan for in retirement, even with the federal Medicare program providing basic coverage.
 
Annuity Process Needs Streamlining
Monday, 14 December 2009
Automation and standardization will be the keys to success for advisors and broker-dealers who handle annuities for retirees in the near future, say some experts.
 
Advisor Emporium
December 2009 issue
 
The Crisis Next Time
By Seth Becker, November 2009 issue
Lessons from the recent financial crisis may help avert a future meltdown.
 
Advisor Emporium
November 2009 issue
Advisor Emporium
 
The Great Debate
By Jeff Schlegel, November 2009 issue
Financial services reform is coming. How will it impact advisors?
 
Firm Monitors Insurance Records, Tracks Heirs
By Karen DeMasters - Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Billions of dollars in unclaimed death benefits go unclaimed each year. The founders of this firm feel they have come up with a way to prevent such situations.
 
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